This is a guest post from Molly Horstmann, the Content Marketing Manager at SmarterHQ. SmarterHQ is a leading behavioral marketing platform powering highly personalized, cross-channel customer experiences. Visit their site to learn more. The holidays have come and gone, and so have many of your seasonal customers. That is, unless you have a solid plan to keep them engaged with your brand in 2019—and start leveraging these strategies as soon as possible. The following campaigns and tactics will help [...] [more]mailcharts.comAutomation, Gallery

In our previous post, we showed how to make your first email campaign successful and how to improve current ones in 10 simple steps. Today, we’re going to show you the best email newsletter examples (in our opinion) for your inspiration. [...] [more]stripo.emailGallery

There are no prizes other than bragging rights. The categories have been the same since we first started and reflect our thoughts on which types of emails are most strategic in nature and, when done right, can have the biggest impact on a marketer’s business. And now, with no further ado, we bring you 2018’s selection of emails. [...] [more]onlyinfluencers.comGallery

Did you know that in 2018, Valentine’s Day spending hit a record-breaking $19.6 billion? It’s no wonder that Valentine’s Day sends business owners’ hearts aflutter. According to a study by Prosper Insights & Analytics for the National Retail Federation, the average person planned to shell out more than $140 on traditional Valentine’s Day merchandise, with customers aged 25 to 34 being the biggest spenders. Consumers, on the whole, planned to spend a total of: [...] [more]verticalresponse.comEvent, Gallery

MailCharts chips into the Drip blog with all the intel about the three best abandoned cart strategies you could set up today to start recovering more abandoners and revenue for your ecommerce store. [...] [more]drip.comAutomation, Gallery, Conversionrate

Email Drips is the worlds first gallery with the best email drip campaign examples from the experts in your industry. Get inspired by examples of drip emails like webinars, product launches, free trials, onboarding, live events and more! Want more cool email strategies and email drip campaign examples in your inbox? Let us know where to send them [...] [more]emaildrips.comAutomation, Gallery, Design, Tool

An email with gamification may need a special effort and more time to be prepared. Some games can be developed by a marketer and a designer, while others will require a developer. Below, you will find a few gamification ideas with a different level of complexity for you to get inspired. 1) Immediate awards. The first gamification idea is to provide users with an award immediately after they take an action. You can use dedicated plugins to recreate a scratch card and include it to your email. Take a [...] [more]sendpulse.comGallery

Personalization and hyper-personalization are one of the trends of 2019. Another reason to care about it is that on average personalized emails drive 18x higher revenue than non-personalized ones. There are many ways to use personalization and hyper-personalization in email marketing. We’ll show the most effective ones. [...] [more]stripo.emailGallery, Customization, Video

When shopping online, many consumers prefer to compare products from different online retailers simultaneously to find the best deals. Once they find something they like, they’ll exit a few of those comparison sites with products still in their cart. Rather than viewing this as a loss, email marketers should see it as a prime opportunity to deploy a highly relevant triggered email. One of the [...] [more]brightwave.comAutomation, Gallery, Conversionrate

Technically, I didn’t sign up for a free trial, since Mailchimp has a free plan. However, for the purpose of this breakdown, I captured the onboarding emails sent during my first 30 days. I chose 30 [...] [more]medium.comAutomation, Gallery

Welcome to the final Email Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame of 2018, highlighting some the best and worst transactional and triggered emails for December. This month's selection features emails from Amazon, Adobe, Capital One, and more. We hope you enjoy them — and learn from them — a [...] [more]sendwithus.comAutomation, Gallery, Design

1. Bizzabo: Three choices – one action. The webinar invites from Bizzabo gave CTA in 3 ways. Fit and the primary option is within the header of the email, the next was in the body text, and the last option is finally the CTA button. Although using multiple options could look unnecessary as all the CTA will finally take to the same landing page. However, this repetition during can solely focus more on the aim of the email and create an additional option for the webinar registration. [...] [more]chamaileon.ioEvent, Gallery, Design